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romney. i also think that paul ryan's inability to answer the hard questions about the budget, that the tax proposals he is making speaks again to the swiss cheese nature of their appeals answers they simply don't work. mitt romney has a problem. he went hard right. he has lost the middle. paul ryan is not a friend of mitt romney long term. paul ryan is for paul ryan. he is thinking about 2016. he has not gotten what he needed. >> before we go, i have one last question. >> yes. >> what about, you talked about paul ryan, this medicare argument, you know, do you think that seniors believe that this is only going to affect people under the age of 55 or do they not trust politicians enough to think they can't keep their hands off the medicare. >> i honestly don't know how to get my arms around how the seniors react. they understand that paul ryan is up to no good when it comes to his medicare proposal. they look at him you look at the response at aarp, the way the proposal is at the end of the da
romney. i also think that paul ryan's inability to answer the hard questions about the budget, that the tax proposals he is making speaks again to the swiss cheese nature of their appeals answers they simply don't work. mitt romney has a problem. he went hard right. he has lost the middle. paul ryan is not a friend of mitt romney long term. paul ryan is for paul ryan. he is thinking about 2016. he has not gotten what he needed. >> before we go, i have one last question. >> yes....
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fear the most is ann romney. now, she is an asset to him, no doubt about it. >> yeah. we always -- you know, i remember when george w. bush was extremely unpopular, his wife, barbara bush, was still very popular. >> same with barbara bush. >> same with barbara bush. same with michellee obama. she is more popular when she washe was down near 40%, she was still very popular. this is the role that you hope that a first lady can have and i think -- >> the wequestion is: how many people vote for the first lady or wife of the candidate even if they like here? ? >> i don't think it's very muchany. it's nice to know that this guy's wife is there and i think more than anything else, it's kind of a character witness, you know. if this guy married somebody who i really like, then that says being about had. >> he can't be all that bad? right. >> exactly. there may be something redeeming about this guy. >> aaron blake on twitter at post politics dom. aaron, we will be watching with you. thank you for a little preview this mor
fear the most is ann romney. now, she is an asset to him, no doubt about it. >> yeah. we always -- you know, i remember when george w. bush was extremely unpopular, his wife, barbara bush, was still very popular. >> same with barbara bush. >> same with barbara bush. same with michellee obama. she is more popular when she washe was down near 40%, she was still very popular. this is the role that you hope that a first lady can have and i think -- >> the wequestion is: how...
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romney hasn't started the blitz yet. >> exactly. romney is going to be all over the state. the super p.a.c. that backs romney has been calling around the t.v. stations trying to figure out how much it's going to cost to blankibility the air waves. >> if it's halftime for anybody, it's for mitt romney. mitt romney the numbers i saw, picked up 80 something yesterday out of 92 at stake in the three states or two states and the district. so he is now at 655 delegates. he is now more than halfway to the 1144 that he needs santorum is trailing with 498. the bottom line here is romney is going to be the nominee. santorum is not. right? >> i think that's exact right. it's not over until the fat lady sings, but she seems to be warming up her voice. i don't get the sense -- i mean it was a delegate count when romney wanted a delegate count. now that the other candidates want it to be a delegate account, i don't think it is. it's a sense of its really very difficult for the candidates not only to come anywhere close to romney which he has been able to do for a while but for 44. when a
romney hasn't started the blitz yet. >> exactly. romney is going to be all over the state. the super p.a.c. that backs romney has been calling around the t.v. stations trying to figure out how much it's going to cost to blankibility the air waves. >> if it's halftime for anybody, it's for mitt romney. mitt romney the numbers i saw, picked up 80 something yesterday out of 92 at stake in the three states or two states and the district. so he is now at 655 delegates. he is now more...
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mitt romney never mentioned veterans. never mentioned military families. and then the president ended up by saying, come on, got right down to it. i want it and i need your vote! >> if you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same rules then i need you to vote this november. >> bill: so off we go! out of charlotte into the campaign. president on the road today. what did you think? joe biden, barack obama 1-866-55-press. did they deliver the goods here in charlotte north carolina? fellow progressives, fellow liberals, fellow americans let's talk it here on the "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." it's go time. what time is it rob? oh, then it's go. go. go. go time. anybody? anybody? what time is it? oh, right. go time! (vo) this is joy. >>who the heck does mitt romney think he is? (vo) this is joy on current tv. >>if mitt romney treats his magic underwear the same way as his tax returns, then he's been going commando for the past 10 years. >>since when d
mitt romney never mentioned veterans. never mentioned military families. and then the president ended up by saying, come on, got right down to it. i want it and i need your vote! >> if you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same rules then i need you to vote this november. >> bill: so off we go! out of charlotte into the campaign. president on the road today. what did you think? joe biden, barack obama...
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i don't trust mitt romney. what the hell is he saying? >> crazy. trust mitt romney? no way do we trust mitt romney. nice try mittance. but look: here is the deal: first of all, shall we point out, he is bragging about paying 13% in taxes? 13% is not a hell of a lot. 13% is one-third of what he ought to be paying which is 35%, and that's the cut rate under bush tax cuts. okay? that ought to be really 39%. so he's bragging about paying 13% when 39% is the going rate number 1. no. 2, you can't add your deductions on top of what you pay and say that's what i really paid like he says 13%, but if you add back what i gave to charities, then it's actually in the 20%. no. no. no. no. apples, oranges here, dude the you take all of your deductions including your charitable deductions and they go somewhere else. what you pay in taxes is the 13%. you don't add back your mortgage deduction, deduction, you know, your home child care deductions or health care deductions or whatever other deductions you can possibly take. you can't -- you don't add those back and then say, what i rea
i don't trust mitt romney. what the hell is he saying? >> crazy. trust mitt romney? no way do we trust mitt romney. nice try mittance. but look: here is the deal: first of all, shall we point out, he is bragging about paying 13% in taxes? 13% is not a hell of a lot. 13% is one-third of what he ought to be paying which is 35%, and that's the cut rate under bush tax cuts. okay? that ought to be really 39%. so he's bragging about paying 13% when 39% is the going rate number 1. no. 2, you...
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and mitt romney has a limited partnership through ann romney -- i won't call it a blind trust, a blond trust. he partnered up with a guy named paul singer, his key donor, and they bought up the delfy auto division of general motors $0.67 a share. they flipped most of it for 22 bucks, and now it's 30 bucks. and the difference is 100 -- $12.9 billion provided by the u.s. treasurer. and romney made at the absolutely minimum $15 million. and romney -- when i gave them the numbers, i said would you tell me where in the range, and all they said was this is only because of mr. obama's bailout. and here is the bottom line. you can say he is a smart investor. if obama is going to throw money out the window, he is going to catch it. but i said what about the jobs? because the romney camp closed 28 of 29 auto parts plants and moved them to china. >> bill: we have to take a quick break and we'll talk more about it. you have got to get the books, it's "billionaires and ballot bandits." you have a question for greg give us at cal at 866-55-press. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." thinking
and mitt romney has a limited partnership through ann romney -- i won't call it a blind trust, a blond trust. he partnered up with a guy named paul singer, his key donor, and they bought up the delfy auto division of general motors $0.67 a share. they flipped most of it for 22 bucks, and now it's 30 bucks. and the difference is 100 -- $12.9 billion provided by the u.s. treasurer. and romney made at the absolutely minimum $15 million. and romney -- when i gave them the numbers, i said would you...
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romney's challenge now is to prove that was the real mitt romney we saw at the debates. the confident asserttive romney we saw during the debate is not the romney we have grown used to over the last couple of months. romney has since stood by his 47% statement but now he is rolling it back. here is what he said yesterday. >> it's completely wrong. and i absolutely believe, however, that my life has shown they care about 100%. >> you might think that this new romney is nothing but an act. if you do, you are not alone. here is what the president had to say to a crowd of 30,000 people yesterday in madison, wisconsin. >> i met this very spirited fellow who claims to be mitt romney. but i know it couldn't have been mitt romney because the real mitt romney has been running around the country this past year promising $5 trillion tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. >> romney is rolling out new campaign ads as well as new talking points over the next few days and weeks. his goal is to convince the american public that he is ready to be president. more coming up live after the
romney's challenge now is to prove that was the real mitt romney we saw at the debates. the confident asserttive romney we saw during the debate is not the romney we have grown used to over the last couple of months. romney has since stood by his 47% statement but now he is rolling it back. here is what he said yesterday. >> it's completely wrong. and i absolutely believe, however, that my life has shown they care about 100%. >> you might think that this new romney is nothing but an...
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ann romney. i was in boston when ann romney was on public radio. she said it was very hard when we were in college. mitt had to sell off socks to get through. if you haven't heard this, i you can find it on the internet i thought, i sold plasma, and quite frankly pot. wow, that's where you went. in the motherhood. i firmly believe--i chose not to be a mother. i don't have it in me. i was not one of those people who needed to have it all. i needed sleep and other things that i needed to have. motherhood is in the top three of hardest jobs ever. it's like motherhood coal miner may be the second one or porn theater janitor may be the top three hard jobs. i get when people are upset and they want to hear, you're saying that motherhood doesn't work? it obviously worked. but if you have to run a home and staff and manage this whole other thing, you should always look to people who have run businesses maybe or just in general when you're talking about the economy. >> bill: lizz z winstead. it's a book "
ann romney. i was in boston when ann romney was on public radio. she said it was very hard when we were in college. mitt had to sell off socks to get through. if you haven't heard this, i you can find it on the internet i thought, i sold plasma, and quite frankly pot. wow, that's where you went. in the motherhood. i firmly believe--i chose not to be a mother. i don't have it in me. i was not one of those people who needed to have it all. i needed sleep and other things that i needed to have....
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ryan said, mitt romney is a car guy. yeah, his father was the head of a car company, but he wanted detroit to die. >> to be fair mitt romney is a car guy. he has so many cars he needs an elevator for them. >> bill: and he said let me tell you about mitt romney he helped people who were injured in a car crash. and basically joe biden turned to him and said don't talk to me about car crashes, buddy. my wife and son were killed in a car crash. so ryan didn't have such a good night. anyhow, i thought it was great what do you say? 866-55-press. and all the reasoning could say was joe biden was smiling too much. you know why he was smiling? american people know why he was smiling, because every time joe biden smiled paul ryan was lying. that's what that smile said. let's talk about it at 866-55-press. >> announcer: stephanie miller. radio meets television. the "bill press show" now on current tv. ♪ [ male announcer ] you like who you are... and you learned something along the way. this is the age of knowing what you're made
ryan said, mitt romney is a car guy. yeah, his father was the head of a car company, but he wanted detroit to die. >> to be fair mitt romney is a car guy. he has so many cars he needs an elevator for them. >> bill: and he said let me tell you about mitt romney he helped people who were injured in a car crash. and basically joe biden turned to him and said don't talk to me about car crashes, buddy. my wife and son were killed in a car crash. so ryan didn't have such a good night....
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when it comes to mitt romney, not a chance. they don't know, some people, that he was governor of massachusetts for crying out loud. they are just getting introduced to this guy. you have to write on the black board before your opponents write on it. i do think that the question now becomes not just about mitt romney, but about the kind of choice, and i think that the narrative of this campaign is going to come down simply to who fights for the middle class? today, the washington post is an extraordinary piece about the tax reform -- so-called reform that the house republicans are putting out and that mitt romney supports. this shows conclusively once you get rid of some of these tax deductions, the middle class actually pays more. and whether you are single and you get a 286,000 dollar break if aur millionaire or a 386 -- my numbers may be a little bit off. but huge breaks for the very wealthy again. so you say to folks, okay. here is where he comes from. here is his m.o. as a business guy and as governor of massachusetts and
when it comes to mitt romney, not a chance. they don't know, some people, that he was governor of massachusetts for crying out loud. they are just getting introduced to this guy. you have to write on the black board before your opponents write on it. i do think that the question now becomes not just about mitt romney, but about the kind of choice, and i think that the narrative of this campaign is going to come down simply to who fights for the middle class? today, the washington post is an...
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myth romney. like i said, we have to fight this guy because he is trying to win something he has no deservings of it. >> john, man, i can't keep up with that. admitting romney. it isn't mitt. it's admitting. who knows what it is? all we know is he refuses to release his tax returns and harry reid is keeping the pressure on. harry go harry. good for harry. om mitt romney can clear this up. 866-55-press. full court-court press on a monday morning, ready to go. >> heard around the country and seen on current tv, this is the bill press show. >>it's the place where democracy is supposed to be the great equalizer, where your vote start you morning with a daily dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> radio meets television, the brill press show, now on current tv. >> fourteen minutes before the top of the hour. at the top of the next hour, sister simon campbell from new finland called network fighting the vat
myth romney. like i said, we have to fight this guy because he is trying to win something he has no deservings of it. >> john, man, i can't keep up with that. admitting romney. it isn't mitt. it's admitting. who knows what it is? all we know is he refuses to release his tax returns and harry reid is keeping the pressure on. harry go harry. good for harry. om mitt romney can clear this up. 866-55-press. full court-court press on a monday morning, ready to go. >> heard around the...
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they get stuck with mitt romney so then they all pull behind mitt romney. all part of the "the obama hate machine" which i wrote about in my latest book. president obama is re-elected. so you think they say okay. he's our president now. let's move forward. uh-huh. oh, no. tea party members in 20 states actually have filed petitions with the white house now they want the stateless to secede from the union because they're not happy with the election. give me a freakin' break. i thought by the way i thought secession was you weren't suppose to the allow that to happen. i thought we fought a civil war over that. believe it or not pesks have been filed with the white house -- they have this thing at the white house, if you have 25,000 signatures on a petition, the white house has promised that they will respond. so tea partiers in -- get this, alabama, arkansas, colorado, florida, georgia indiana kentucky louisiana michigan, mississippi, missouri, montana new jersey new york, north carolina north dakota, oregon south carolina, tennessee and texas have all filed
they get stuck with mitt romney so then they all pull behind mitt romney. all part of the "the obama hate machine" which i wrote about in my latest book. president obama is re-elected. so you think they say okay. he's our president now. let's move forward. uh-huh. oh, no. tea party members in 20 states actually have filed petitions with the white house now they want the stateless to secede from the union because they're not happy with the election. give me a freakin' break. i thought...
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else about mitt romney. he has embraced the budget. now he has embraced the man as well. this is the ryan-romney ticket. ryan is the one now who is leading the show and romney got to defend his budget and he can't. i love it. i think he can -- democrats, no matter what they are running for, the issue in every campaign, are you going to support the ryan budget or not? so the house members ought to run on that. senate members and president obama and vice president joe biden. here is our friend joey from chicago. what do you think, joey? >> hey, good morning, bill. let's get scientific about this. you don't poop where you eat. you don't spit in the wind and you don't buy a used car or vote for a man with two first names. what are you people crazy? pass that on bill. >> joey ought to have you do the bumper stickers. >> that's for sure. good. thanks to, joey. out in west seattle washington bouncing around the country this morning, stewart, you are up. what so youdo you say. >> i believe paul was put in by the wal
else about mitt romney. he has embraced the budget. now he has embraced the man as well. this is the ryan-romney ticket. ryan is the one now who is leading the show and romney got to defend his budget and he can't. i love it. i think he can -- democrats, no matter what they are running for, the issue in every campaign, are you going to support the ryan budget or not? so the house members ought to run on that. senate members and president obama and vice president joe biden. here is our friend...
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>> what is romney thinking to appear on the stage. >> trump, i get. what is romney thinking? >> i don't know. the latest in the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman obviously a pal, a pet a buddy of the sanford police department, the latest convictedvideo shows walking around the police department inside the police department unescorted, just slowing around 3 days after he shot and killed trayvon martin. beverly calling. >> good morning. good morning, morning bill. >> good morning. >> good to see you. >> about 22,000 registered watch groups nationwide and zimmerman is not -- i repeat -- not a registered member of the group. i want to know how come the media is not talking about that. i found that on abc's website. it says regardless of what vocation that they -- location that they patrol, the message is, you never carry a gun. >> i know that. i made that point several times on the show, beverly. yeah, but first of all, he was a member of the sanford neighborhood watch. the police department works with them and told them you are not supposed to -- you are not to be armed. rig
>> what is romney thinking to appear on the stage. >> trump, i get. what is romney thinking? >> i don't know. the latest in the trayvon martin case. george zimmerman obviously a pal, a pet a buddy of the sanford police department, the latest convictedvideo shows walking around the police department inside the police department unescorted, just slowing around 3 days after he shot and killed trayvon martin. beverly calling. >> good morning. good morning, morning bill....
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mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "full court press," the "bill press show," live on your radio, and on current tv. >> bill: 13 minutes now before the top of the hour here on the "full court press" -- make it 12 minutes. before we get back to the news of the day, here is a story that caught my attention out of wftv in florida. a man in florida accused of pocketing $80,000 after stealing the identity of a professional athlete. he allegedly called
mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot....
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romney never released that form. tax experts say he likely did file the form since punishment for not doing so is pretty severe which raises more questions as to why he won't release it. swiss bank accounts are really only useful in cheating the tax code if you're using them illegally or using them to shield your financial activity. they're not saying that's what romney is doing. we're just pointing it out. let's keep talking money for a second. this time, campaign money. we reported earlier today the republican tack american crossroads is beginning an $8.8 million ad by attacking romney. big money isn't necessarily a good thing when it comes to elections especially when a lot of it is coming from anonymous donors. experts say $6 billion will be spent during this year's election. that is enough money to give almost every single person in the world each $1. we are live in chat. hope to see you there current.com/billpress. >>it's the place where democracy is supposed to be the great equalizer, where your vote is worth
romney never released that form. tax experts say he likely did file the form since punishment for not doing so is pretty severe which raises more questions as to why he won't release it. swiss bank accounts are really only useful in cheating the tax code if you're using them illegally or using them to shield your financial activity. they're not saying that's what romney is doing. we're just pointing it out. let's keep talking money for a second. this time, campaign money. we reported earlier...
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he's got a 300 point deficit to mitt romney. he calls that romney math. his numbers are apparently a little different. it looks like this thing is over. >> sort of like a rodney dangerfield moment. can't get more respect. >> he can get more respect than he used to. >> that's for sure. i interviewed him in february of 2011 in a krispy kreme. he had just given a speech where michelle batch man wasta at this event. she got much more praise and cheers and standing ovations thank he did. he has been able to reverse those fortunes. >> he won 11 primaries. it's gotten to the point where math matly he is not going to be able to catch up. he is going to stay in this thing. they pretty much admit it's not matter of getting to 1144 themselves but denying mitt romney getting 1144. he is the face and voice of social conservatives, of the religious right. we will have to see. >> we will talk more about the louisiana primary with nia nia malika. not just louisiana but what's coming up is more important and how president obama's campaign is shaping up as well. >> this is
he's got a 300 point deficit to mitt romney. he calls that romney math. his numbers are apparently a little different. it looks like this thing is over. >> sort of like a rodney dangerfield moment. can't get more respect. >> he can get more respect than he used to. >> that's for sure. i interviewed him in february of 2011 in a krispy kreme. he had just given a speech where michelle batch man wasta at this event. she got much more praise and cheers and standing ovations thank...
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to ann romney. that's something probably that in some ways even though it was an ugly fight and they threw hillae rosen under the bus very quickly, in some ways, i think it's it benefits them. i was thinking, no it's going to be horrible for them. i don't necessarily think so will ann romney get out stump? she was at this fundraiser as well saying it was like a birthday gift. >> yes. >> she said it was an early birthday gift from hillary rosen. >> i think you certainly are going to hear conversations among women at this point, a, saying: why are they trying to drive us back to the mommy wars but, also, saying, you know maybe ann romney can't real estate to the average woman because she hasn't worked outside the home whereas most women do have to juggle all of these, house and all outside the home. >> yeah. i just want to move and play that clip for, for our listeners where diane challenges her on this basic notion of being out of touch and here is ann romney's defense. >> for me, financial security
to ann romney. that's something probably that in some ways even though it was an ugly fight and they threw hillae rosen under the bus very quickly, in some ways, i think it's it benefits them. i was thinking, no it's going to be horrible for them. i don't necessarily think so will ann romney get out stump? she was at this fundraiser as well saying it was like a birthday gift. >> yes. >> she said it was an early birthday gift from hillary rosen. >> i think you certainly are...
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barack obama or mitt romney? the response was 52%, barack obama relates to average voters. 30%, mitt romney. >> right. >> i guess people kind of know who mitt romney is. don't they? >> i think there has been an effective effort by the white house to isolate mitt romney. you know with bain it was the foreign bank accounts. in aggregate, all of these people have come together and said people don't get a sense of him as the sort of guy, you would want to have a beer with the guy. i don't think mitt romney is that person. so i think that part of campaign has been won by the white house. of course, conventions often reset that. in the is still a dog fight with everything that has happened. >> absolutely. >> we are still within, you know, low single digit did. swing states are still swing states. this thing is not over and which is kind of appalling to me when you think about how big the chasm should be between the two parties at this point. i am a little mystified which tells me quite frankly, bill, we haven't done th
barack obama or mitt romney? the response was 52%, barack obama relates to average voters. 30%, mitt romney. >> right. >> i guess people kind of know who mitt romney is. don't they? >> i think there has been an effective effort by the white house to isolate mitt romney. you know with bain it was the foreign bank accounts. in aggregate, all of these people have come together and said people don't get a sense of him as the sort of guy, you would want to have a beer with the guy....
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it is romney hood. >> stephanie: romney hood. >> it is very clerve. clever. >> this might have originated -- i feel like bill burton over at priorities u.s.a., maybe a week ago. he sort of debuted this phrase of romney hood and i think it is something that you're going to hear from democrats this idea of it that romney wants to take from the poor and give to the rich. it is perfectly in with the argument they've been making all along and certainly this tax report that was out last week seems to confirm this idea that 95% of people will actually have -- see their taxes go up whereas people like mitt romney and president obama obviously under this tax plan would get a tax cut. >> bill: right. the president says 98%. i didn't realize bill burton gets the credit for that because i think it is a very -- i think it could have legs. >> i think so. >> bill: romney hood. people get it. the opposite of robin hood is romney hood. now see, nia malika, i was giving the president for that. i thought he sort of came up with it. >> bill: before we take a break, is ha
it is romney hood. >> stephanie: romney hood. >> it is very clerve. clever. >> this might have originated -- i feel like bill burton over at priorities u.s.a., maybe a week ago. he sort of debuted this phrase of romney hood and i think it is something that you're going to hear from democrats this idea of it that romney wants to take from the poor and give to the rich. it is perfectly in with the argument they've been making all along and certainly this tax report that was out...
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the bill woodhall -- woodsmal says, hillary is correct to call out mitt romneys, ann romney for being out of touch with real women's issues. my reasoning, if mit indicates his wife is his advisor on women's issues she is fair game. >> an too high needles says you are the epitome of the knee-jerk liberal part of the problem never the solution. no analysis, no evidence of any critical thinking just whining, petty commentary. >> well, mr. neddles, you don't have to watch. you don't have to listen. get out of here. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. good to see you today. this is monday april 16th, and welcome. welcome to the full-court press, the bill press show, your show on current tv. good to have you with us as we talk the big storied today. today or tomorrow, you have to pay your taxes. president obama already paid his. he made $790,000 last year in which he paid 20 1/2% income tax rate, which, like warren buffett, by the way is a lower tax rate than his secretary paid at the whitehouse which just proves why we need that buffett rule. going to be voted o
the bill woodhall -- woodsmal says, hillary is correct to call out mitt romneys, ann romney for being out of touch with real women's issues. my reasoning, if mit indicates his wife is his advisor on women's issues she is fair game. >> an too high needles says you are the epitome of the knee-jerk liberal part of the problem never the solution. no analysis, no evidence of any critical thinking just whining, petty commentary. >> well, mr. neddles, you don't have to watch. you don't...
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i have two things to say about mitt romney. they say mitt romney saved the olympics. he got $1.5 million from the taxpayer's money. and that money helped to build some of the roads for his friend's resort. that's a fact, okay? and one more thing sir. mitt romney -- he was not a resident of massachusetts when he cast his vote for the primary. i would like you to check into those things. have a great day. >> thank you very much, t.j. i appreciate it. if you missed it, mitt romney realizes that he has a bain problem and the person that he hired to handle this is the person that was the right hand woman to hank paulson, the person that engineered the thing that tea partiers hate the most. the bailout. this would be like chick-fil-a realizing that they have a problem and hiring colonel sanders to help get them out of the mess that they're in. it makes absolutely no sense. 1-866-55-press. love to keep getting your calls on this. or check out the web site, billpressshow.com. you can join the chat there or at current.com. coming up next, we'll continue talking about the olymp
i have two things to say about mitt romney. they say mitt romney saved the olympics. he got $1.5 million from the taxpayer's money. and that money helped to build some of the roads for his friend's resort. that's a fact, okay? and one more thing sir. mitt romney -- he was not a resident of massachusetts when he cast his vote for the primary. i would like you to check into those things. have a great day. >> thank you very much, t.j. i appreciate it. if you missed it, mitt romney realizes...
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mitt romney did not. partly it was maybe mitt romney had a cold. but it was the issue they were talking about. obama not going into the presidency with a lot of foreign policy experience. but there's been a lot happen on his watch. he's handled it. he's grown. he's handled it very, very well, i believe. restored our reputation around the world. mitt romney knows this is not his long suit. i think he was nervous about not making a big jerry ford kind of goof. gaffe. >> his positions in this area, mitt romney's, they're all an inch deep. so i think that there was a calculation that look, we do not want to get into a back and forth. peel back the onion. so when obama would attack, romney's response, a number of times was just well, attacking me doesn't solve the problem. but of course you could say about any attack or any -- you could say that no matter what. and it kind of gets you through in a way but it also fends off any extended -- any extended back and forth because when you peel back, he hasn't articulated beyond the talk and beyond the bluster
mitt romney did not. partly it was maybe mitt romney had a cold. but it was the issue they were talking about. obama not going into the presidency with a lot of foreign policy experience. but there's been a lot happen on his watch. he's handled it. he's grown. he's handled it very, very well, i believe. restored our reputation around the world. mitt romney knows this is not his long suit. i think he was nervous about not making a big jerry ford kind of goof. gaffe. >> his positions in...
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romney to me is not mr. romney. it's mr. chicken hawk. this guy can screw up -- i don't know -- >> bill: a two-car funeral as they say. >> caller: yeah there could be a major accident involved. [ laughter ] >> caller: he scares me to death. not only does he screw up with saying about russia being our national enemy -- >> bill: oh, right. >> caller: and then he can go over to britain and get people ticked to the high heaven, and that was a disaster tour from comedy central. he is going to have world war iii and he is going to have some of our best allies blow up our outhouse as we say out here. >> bill: that's right. i forgot that russia was the greatest threat facing the united states. you are going to trust this guy on foreign policy? i wouldn't trust him to run bain capital anymore. you know? the more we see of mitt romney the less there is to admire. as if there was anything to start with. all right. come back. 866-55-press. dave zirin standing by to bring us up to day on sports. >> announcer: heard around the country, and seen on curr
romney to me is not mr. romney. it's mr. chicken hawk. this guy can screw up -- i don't know -- >> bill: a two-car funeral as they say. >> caller: yeah there could be a major accident involved. [ laughter ] >> caller: he scares me to death. not only does he screw up with saying about russia being our national enemy -- >> bill: oh, right. >> caller: and then he can go over to britain and get people ticked to the high heaven, and that was a disaster tour from comedy...
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mitt romney better for businesses. personal income has an impact on people's answers. 83% of people who make between 40 and $4,060,000 a year are more worried about another recession while those who make $100,000 a year are less concerned. republicans are more worried than democrats. >> a new democracy party will work to form on a:al list today after a narrow election victory. the vote could stabilize global markets, your o and european stocks. it's to restow the near bankrupt economy and protests could break out over the new government. reall hunter has written a new book detailing her affair with the former presidential candidate. it's a due out on tuesday, under claims she wrote the tell-all for her daughter, so she had a quote truthful public account of her daughter's story. the book reportedly reveals edwards had other mistresses and details hunter's experiences as the other woman. she reportedly defends edwards, attacks elizabeth edwards, is vague about her current relationship but will tell more about it on abc
mitt romney better for businesses. personal income has an impact on people's answers. 83% of people who make between 40 and $4,060,000 a year are more worried about another recession while those who make $100,000 a year are less concerned. republicans are more worried than democrats. >> a new democracy party will work to form on a:al list today after a narrow election victory. the vote could stabilize global markets, your o and european stocks. it's to restow the near bankrupt economy and...
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romney is on the bus the. now president obama will be on the bus. >> of course we will get complaints about taxpayer money from for campaigning. we heard about it in '04 with president bush. it's hard to separate the two at this point. i will put it that way. >> my big question about today's briefing is will neil monroe be there representing the daily caller? >> don't get me involved in that although i have not seen him since that incident. >> we haven't had a briefing. maybe there has been one f i was out for a couple of days myself, last week. but let me just ask you this: who makes the decision about whether neil monroe continues to represent the daily caller? >> well, hopeful tucker carlson who runs the daily caller. i don't think he is a member of the association. there is not a lot the association can do about it. but one thing i don't think he is a perm card holder. i think he is applying for one. the white house can determine whether or not he gets a day pass as a reporter. they will also play a role i
romney is on the bus the. now president obama will be on the bus. >> of course we will get complaints about taxpayer money from for campaigning. we heard about it in '04 with president bush. it's hard to separate the two at this point. i will put it that way. >> my big question about today's briefing is will neil monroe be there representing the daily caller? >> don't get me involved in that although i have not seen him since that incident. >> we haven't had a briefing....
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mitt romney. later in the afternoon the president clarified, when reporters qaim into the oval office president obama clarified his remark: >> it is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine. >> that's the reason i had the press conference. >> now, what was the president saying? i will tell you what he was saying. he was telling the truth for one thing. it is true. compared -- what he was saying is, compared to the public sector, the private sector is doing fine. 44.3 million new jobs in the private sector. 27 months straight of new job garote, positive job growth in the private sector. last month, there were only 69,000 new jobs created but those were jobs created in the private sector. at the same time, the reason we haven't had more of a rebound in the economy is, jobs in the public sector are gettingla slashed, cut across the board, at the city level, county level and at the state level. for example, 250,000 teachers have lost their jobs this year nationswide. 9,000 in pennsylvania,
mitt romney. later in the afternoon the president clarified, when reporters qaim into the oval office president obama clarified his remark: >> it is absolutely clear that the economy is not doing fine. >> that's the reason i had the press conference. >> now, what was the president saying? i will tell you what he was saying. he was telling the truth for one thing. it is true. compared -- what he was saying is, compared to the public sector, the private sector is doing fine....
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romney is romney. romney is tone-deaf, bill. he can't do it. >> bill: now what makes you think that? >> every single interview he gives, he says something which all of us just go are you kidding me? and i think the problem too is whin you get a campaign -- when you get a campaign in this kind of shape, we saw with mccain as things go south they panic. they're looking for the home run and the big hit. they started with ryan. ryan was a terrible pick. so was sarah palin. you know, they -- they start sniping. the fund-raisers start to close their checkbooks. there was a story in the paper today about the big event in new york city and there was a table. ten people that had given $2500 each for that event. many had raised as much as $50,000. they took a poll around that table. and they asked how many of the folks -- the ten romney supporters thought he would win. zero. >> bill: get out. >> nobody thought he would win. >> bill: of his own supporters. >> of his own supporters. i think we're not popping champagne corks. there a lot of
romney is romney. romney is tone-deaf, bill. he can't do it. >> bill: now what makes you think that? >> every single interview he gives, he says something which all of us just go are you kidding me? and i think the problem too is whin you get a campaign -- when you get a campaign in this kind of shape, we saw with mccain as things go south they panic. they're looking for the home run and the big hit. they started with ryan. ryan was a terrible pick. so was sarah palin. you know,...
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but there was a lot of love for obama in charlotte. >> even mitt romney didn't talk about why mitt romney's agenda is right for the country. bill crystal said it he gave no rationale for why he should be elected president. and that's one of the big criticisms not that i'm prone to quote laura ingram but laura ingram said if they can't do better than what they are doing in terms of communicating message they should pack up and go home. >> bill: laura said that george [ inaudible ] said that rush limbaugh said that and weekly standard is saying the same thing that from their point of view, this should be a slam dunk, right? >> well yeah -- >> bill: they think because the economy is so bad. but they have a candidate and party that is not taking advantage of the situation, and they are almost saying we're going to lose when we do lose we better just shut down the republican party. >> to be fair i think it's easy for these outside commentators. mitt romney and paul ryan know this, because they are smart people. they know their numbers don't add up. they know that -- you know, their campaign has
but there was a lot of love for obama in charlotte. >> even mitt romney didn't talk about why mitt romney's agenda is right for the country. bill crystal said it he gave no rationale for why he should be elected president. and that's one of the big criticisms not that i'm prone to quote laura ingram but laura ingram said if they can't do better than what they are doing in terms of communicating message they should pack up and go home. >> bill: laura said that george [ inaudible ]...
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but mitt romney. again, he shuts down a plant because it kills and now he's out there -- it is like he banned assault weapons when he was governor of massachusetts. and then running for president he's all for them because the nra is for them. >> there are so many flip-flops, this could be a huge flip-flop. it would be a huge story but there are just so many to choose from it is like take your pick on which one you want to get the most outraged about. >> bill: he makes john kerry look solid consistent all the way. we'll have a lot of fun. victoria jones from talk radio news will be with us as a "friend of bill." brad woodhouse one of our favorites, communications director for the democratic national committee will be along as well in studio. we'll talk to susan paige, the washington bureau chief for "usa today." hey, great line-up for you. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> some other headlines making news for you on this thursday morning. carlos beltran got injured in the cardinals/gia
but mitt romney. again, he shuts down a plant because it kills and now he's out there -- it is like he banned assault weapons when he was governor of massachusetts. and then running for president he's all for them because the nra is for them. >> there are so many flip-flops, this could be a huge flip-flop. it would be a huge story but there are just so many to choose from it is like take your pick on which one you want to get the most outraged about. >> bill: he makes john kerry...
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romney might even be able to win. you know that question first asked by -- maybe not first but most famously asked by ronald reagan back in 1980 when jimmy carter was running for re-election and ronald reagan running against him. are you better off than you were four years ago. the answer then was clearly no. it was a good question to ask then. i'm not sure republicans ought to be asking it today because i think it is a different answer today. democrats finally, on this issue and love your take on that. 1-866-55-press. let's get into it. democrats got off to a little rocky start on sunday. bob schieffer welcomed governor martin o'malley whom i think is great by the way. clearly will be a candidate for president in 2016. great leader. but he wasn't thinking as fast as he usually does when bob schieffer asked him this question on sunday and he stumbled a little bit. >> can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no. but that's not the question of this election. the question, w
romney might even be able to win. you know that question first asked by -- maybe not first but most famously asked by ronald reagan back in 1980 when jimmy carter was running for re-election and ronald reagan running against him. are you better off than you were four years ago. the answer then was clearly no. it was a good question to ask then. i'm not sure republicans ought to be asking it today because i think it is a different answer today. democrats finally, on this issue and love your take...
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ohio florida virginia, romney is several points behind. if he doesn't do something to fix this, then he's going to be in trouble. the debates obviously are going to -- at the end of the day make a huge difference. he's behind by 7 8 points, that's a big challenge to overcome that. >> bill: five points behind i saw this morning in colorado. jon, as always, we got so much to cover but so little time. we're out of it. we'll let you sneak back into the house without waking up your kids. thanks so much for joining us this morning, jon ward from "huffington post" covering the romney campaign. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." jack you're a little boring. boring. boring. jack you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire ♪ [ male announcer ] use any citi card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts, more events more exp
ohio florida virginia, romney is several points behind. if he doesn't do something to fix this, then he's going to be in trouble. the debates obviously are going to -- at the end of the day make a huge difference. he's behind by 7 8 points, that's a big challenge to overcome that. >> bill: five points behind i saw this morning in colorado. jon, as always, we got so much to cover but so little time. we're out of it. we'll let you sneak back into the house without waking up your kids....
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he's been talking being romney more or less for a while now but he did say, "governor romney" in his speech on tuesday. romney fired back, gave a rebuttal in his speech yesterday defending the ryan budget and accusing the president of not having any ideas of his own. >> one common thread of those speeches, the president's and governor romney's was the ryan plan. >> uh-huh. >> president obama saying this is antithetical of everything we stand for, thinly-veiled, and a trojan horse and mitt romney saying this is a blueprint for the future of america, and i endorse it. he has said i would like to see this as a bill in my desk the first dame i am in the oval office so i can sign it and make it the law of the land. let's take them one at a time. is it smart for president obama to attack this budget? >> i think democrats could not be more thrilled that romney has -- i wouldn't say embraced full-throatedly because he has tried to leave i believe, a little wiggle room. >> not much? >> not much. not much. he really has not left himself much. and democrats love this. they may be right. i don't
he's been talking being romney more or less for a while now but he did say, "governor romney" in his speech on tuesday. romney fired back, gave a rebuttal in his speech yesterday defending the ryan budget and accusing the president of not having any ideas of his own. >> one common thread of those speeches, the president's and governor romney's was the ryan plan. >> uh-huh. >> president obama saying this is antithetical of everything we stand for, thinly-veiled, and a...
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the best person for mitt romney to turn to over women's economic issues since romney, quote, never worked a day in her life. those are rozen's words. that led ann romney to defend herself saying raising five boys is indeed hard work. rozen fights back on twitter and the huffington post that she wasn't demeaning romney as a stay-at-home mom but most women don't have the economic luxury of doing so. join us online. current.com/bill current.com/billpress. ♪ we will not settle for easy answers. (vo) the former governor of ny eliot spitzer, joins the new news network. >>every night we will drill down on the days top stories in search of facts that inform. >> we don't stop until we get answers that are truthful, serious, and not based on simplistic answers. >>we're here because we're independent. ♪ >> broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the bill press show. >> arrested and charged with second-degree murder, george zimmerman, spent last night in jail and is expected in court today to plead not guilty. hello, everybody. it is thursday april 12th. great to s
the best person for mitt romney to turn to over women's economic issues since romney, quote, never worked a day in her life. those are rozen's words. that led ann romney to defend herself saying raising five boys is indeed hard work. rozen fights back on twitter and the huffington post that she wasn't demeaning romney as a stay-at-home mom but most women don't have the economic luxury of doing so. join us online. current.com/bill current.com/billpress. ♪ we will not settle for easy answers....
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romney 206. carlos in maryland says my life partner, paul and i have already voted for obama. 303-235 is his prediction. >> you know, there is no nate silver lining to this thing. [ laughter ] these projections mean absolutely diddly if people listening at home right now do not get off their tails and go vote. you know, nate's predictions i take pretty seriously. i have for the last four years. we've been following this thing. a couple of days ago, he was at to 3. -- at 303. he's now at 314 for obama. with a 90% chance of winning. >> bill: 92% chance. >> with a little over 50% of the vote. those are all great things. but they don't mean anything. you know what happens on election day? today. if barack obama doesn't win because we didn't turn out the vote, then great. nate silver's got a web site that's on the internet forever but we've got mitt romney in the white house measuring the drapes. >> bill: important to vote. and if you have any extra time today, important to get out and do whatever you
romney 206. carlos in maryland says my life partner, paul and i have already voted for obama. 303-235 is his prediction. >> you know, there is no nate silver lining to this thing. [ laughter ] these projections mean absolutely diddly if people listening at home right now do not get off their tails and go vote. you know, nate's predictions i take pretty seriously. i have for the last four years. we've been following this thing. a couple of days ago, he was at to 3. -- at 303. he's now at...
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including mitt romney. and kind of sat there and wrote this nice little story describing where -- describing what mitt romney was like during church. he sang the hymns and chatted with congregants. what's interesting to me and why i kind of picked up on this and wrote about it is that you know, there's really nothing shocking or particularly groundbreaking as far as revelations in that article but it did get people's attention and i think the reason it did is because mitt romney has been so guarded and private about his faith that any tiny glimpse into what he's like in church, even the most boring kind of few details seems like you know, a huge scoop. >> bill: couple of quick questions. first of all, i don't know casey hunt, is that her name? is she a mormon? if not -- i didn't think you were allowed to go to a mormon church if you're not mormon. >> that's an important point. the mormon church does welcome visitors. casey hunter is not mormon as far as i know. but the reason i think there's confusion is th
including mitt romney. and kind of sat there and wrote this nice little story describing where -- describing what mitt romney was like during church. he sang the hymns and chatted with congregants. what's interesting to me and why i kind of picked up on this and wrote about it is that you know, there's really nothing shocking or particularly groundbreaking as far as revelations in that article but it did get people's attention and i think the reason it did is because mitt romney has been so...
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but that's mitt romney. he will say anything in order to gain political advantage, but the truth is the guy -- when he is in office -- and that was the one election he won, the governor's race. ran as a moderate and people want to see the best in others so in massachusetts the voters were willing to give him a chance. but from the day he came into office, he raised taxes on the middle class, and cut programs. >> bill: bill straus represent -- state representative in massachusetts is our guest here on this morning's "full court press." and the other bragging point for mitt romney is that he proved he was a job creator. he says -- claims as governor of massachusetts. again, give us a reality test. the reality test there is we have what we think is a diverse economy. we have a knowledge center in our education areas much like states like california and we were pretty good at job creation at the time he got sworn into office. and he immediately dropped us from 47th out of 50. and in the end that really doesn't s
but that's mitt romney. he will say anything in order to gain political advantage, but the truth is the guy -- when he is in office -- and that was the one election he won, the governor's race. ran as a moderate and people want to see the best in others so in massachusetts the voters were willing to give him a chance. but from the day he came into office, he raised taxes on the middle class, and cut programs. >> bill: bill straus represent -- state representative in massachusetts is our...
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, romney, trump. that just -- that just blew away any point that he was trying to make yesterday about the economy. every time we turn around, you know, romney is talking about birth control or he is talking now about -- he is not talking about the birther issue but by associating with donald trump, that becomes the ir. we are here with fell he's interesting ish a son interesting some ness interesting interesting somnez. mitt romney will be the republican nominee. and when we come back, fell each interesting ish a, let's talk about, why is it that the candidates for vice president, at least the ones that are being talked about, each interesting actually seem to be more serious than most of the candidates if not all that we saw running for president? 866-55-press. again, mitt romney's hanging out with donald trump. guilt move? do you think he will get votes that way? 86655377. >> on your radio and on current tv. this is the bill press show. >> we're not through just yet, mr. vice president. >> they're
, romney, trump. that just -- that just blew away any point that he was trying to make yesterday about the economy. every time we turn around, you know, romney is talking about birth control or he is talking now about -- he is not talking about the birther issue but by associating with donald trump, that becomes the ir. we are here with fell he's interesting ish a son interesting some ness interesting interesting somnez. mitt romney will be the republican nominee. and when we come back, fell...
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this is what mitt romney was saying. what they call entitlement reform is voucher care. >> or just cuts in medicare and medicaid and social security and the president's already said no, no way no how ain't gonna happen. the irony here is mitch mcconnell over the next 24 hours said the president has to go first. the president's already gone first. this is what i want to do. i want to raise the rates. >> bill: the american people went first. >> right. before even the president did. absolutely. so you know, this is -- nothing has changed since election day as far as the fiscal cliff is concerned except that we're 15 days closer to it happening. >> bill: the white house said if -- one thing the president said is look, there is one easy thing we can do. maybe we can't resolve all of the issues but there is a bill that's passed the senate. that gives the tax break up to $250,000 a year for everybody. >> for everybody. >> bill: for the first $250,000 of income. that's past the senate. if the house passed that. if the house does
this is what mitt romney was saying. what they call entitlement reform is voucher care. >> or just cuts in medicare and medicaid and social security and the president's already said no, no way no how ain't gonna happen. the irony here is mitch mcconnell over the next 24 hours said the president has to go first. the president's already gone first. this is what i want to do. i want to raise the rates. >> bill: the american people went first. >> right. before even the president...
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the romney campaign -- say what you will about romney. he's clearly out of touch. i don't think he would be a very good president. but he's not stupid. i mean clearly, he has to see that donald trump is at best, a liability. >> well, he's raising the money. they're having a big fund-raiser in las vegas. it wasn't so long ago last year, around this time that donald trump was tops in the republican polls at the time he was trashing mitt romney but we've forgotten about. that but anyway, he is -- there is a section of the republican base that still very much is connected with the conspiracy theories, has a much harrerrer view of obama where he sort of says obama is not really a nice guy or is really a nice guy but he doesn't understand how to work the economy. and maybe his association with trump helps him connect with us. i'm just trying to figure out what's going on here. i admit that it doesn't necessarily make sense on the surface but i do think that you know, this isn't an accident that clearly there's some calculation here that this is going to be a benefit. >>
the romney campaign -- say what you will about romney. he's clearly out of touch. i don't think he would be a very good president. but he's not stupid. i mean clearly, he has to see that donald trump is at best, a liability. >> well, he's raising the money. they're having a big fund-raiser in las vegas. it wasn't so long ago last year, around this time that donald trump was tops in the republican polls at the time he was trashing mitt romney but we've forgotten about. that but anyway, he...
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he said ann romney his wife doesn't know. the minute, they send out the documents to these candidates or possible con denieders, you have topics of people who are going to know. all of their staff all of the candidates, all of their arrives. so if the circle is small now it's going to get very big very soon. >> abc i imagine, is still standing by itself report. >> jonathan carl is a wonderful reporter. i have absolutely no doubt he had a person high up in the romney campaign give him that information, but the timing was very curious about it. it had to be somebody who really wanted to undercut rubio on his big day with his book. >> speaking of timing, there have been a lot of indications that the romney campaign wants to make the choice earlier than normal. they are not going to wait until the republican convention. they want a running mate out there campaigning perhaps for most of the summer. does that seem to indicate that we might be within a week or two or three of a possible naming of the vp nominee. >> the timing is goi
he said ann romney his wife doesn't know. the minute, they send out the documents to these candidates or possible con denieders, you have topics of people who are going to know. all of their staff all of the candidates, all of their arrives. so if the circle is small now it's going to get very big very soon. >> abc i imagine, is still standing by itself report. >> jonathan carl is a wonderful reporter. i have absolutely no doubt he had a person high up in the romney campaign give...
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mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our >> romney you can take it. >> a new ad we will play for you when we come back here with lynn sweet, chicago sun times methderr death shiner from row call and bill cress part full-court press. you are welcome to join our conversation at 866-55-press. we will be right back. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> on your radio and on current tv this is the bill press show. >> here we are the full court press, on this monday monday july 30th. brought to you today by asmee check out the good work at the website, ascme.org. well, it was a weekend to watch the olympics opening ceremonies. the first event you exciting time for people worldwide and us americans behind team u.s.a. here to join us in conversation about the olympics both games and the coverage dave zirin, is the sports editor defendant news magazine, back again. >> good to see you. >> thank you. >> these with suppose
mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our >> romney you can take it. >> a new ad we will play for you when we come back here with lynn sweet, chicago sun times methderr death shiner from row call and bill cress part full-court press. you are welcome to join our conversation at 866-55-press. we will be right back. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> on your radio and on...
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romney is so bad. why are the polls so close? >> first of all, let's take a look at the polls where they counted, in the battle grouped states. romney has made very little move in the battleground statesnd states. romney has made very little move in the battleground states. the president is ahead in virtually every battleground state. he is about tied in north carolina. but then the real clear politics average, he is ahead in every state that is battle ground. >> ahead except not in colorado. >> with all due respect, we are not going to say every poll had a has romney is bad and the president is the good n colorado had 38% seniors only 15% turned out in the '08 election. it had 9% latinos, 10% turned out in the election. there were problems with that. >> ohio florida, virg he is up? >> that's right. >> all of these races are relatively close. we know the race is going to be close. mitt mitt romney has out raised us for the past three months. he and his super p.a.c.s have out spent us for the entirety of this election, since he ha
romney is so bad. why are the polls so close? >> first of all, let's take a look at the polls where they counted, in the battle grouped states. romney has made very little move in the battleground statesnd states. romney has made very little move in the battleground states. the president is ahead in virtually every battleground state. he is about tied in north carolina. but then the real clear politics average, he is ahead in every state that is battle ground. >> ahead except not in...
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we hear a lot of romney. we have seen a lot of romney. people don't know what romney stands for. he keeps a lot -- he doesn't say a lot about what he might do. he says, you know i know about jobs. but he hasn't told us what he would do about jobs. he hasn't told us what the government agencies -- he told us -- he is a secret man, i guess, is what i am saying. >> one of the things about the president is that people very long had a chance to look at this guy for five years. they have seen him in massive crisis when he had to make a call on bin laden and they say the economy will collapse. the auto industry is about to collapse. >> right. >> one by one, you get a chance to look at this guy and he is somebody who has a core and who can make a decision and who has his heart in the right place. i think that's where generally the country sees him. romney is didn't. we know from weather vanes. this guy has put it at a whole new level. i have followed him around the country. we all have. he has said different things in different places. you know, there are 50 states but there is only one
we hear a lot of romney. we have seen a lot of romney. people don't know what romney stands for. he keeps a lot -- he doesn't say a lot about what he might do. he says, you know i know about jobs. but he hasn't told us what he would do about jobs. he hasn't told us what the government agencies -- he told us -- he is a secret man, i guess, is what i am saying. >> one of the things about the president is that people very long had a chance to look at this guy for five years. they have seen...
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on the romney spending alan says, okay romney was paying out $20 million like a drunken sailor and alan west spent 2 million alone to revalidate his cam paper. if they could afford to blow that kind of money. >> that's true, they don't need tax breaks. certainly not the bush tax breaks. very good. you see, it all as together. ds together. julie mason from podus xm. on the top of the next hour. >> the bill press"the bill press show." >> good morning, lisa. take it away. >> hey, bill. good morning everyone. new york mayor corey booker has the next two weeks to decide whether he will run for another new jersey. here he is yesterday on cbs's "face the nation". >> i am considering running for governor. i will focus on that for the next week to 10 days or so. >> booker is also considering a run for senate in 2014 and said he will base that decision on how he can make the best difference for the city and state he loves and the nation he has pledged his life to. booker also talked several other serious issues like the impact of hurricane sandy and the upcoming fiscal cliff. he said he beliefs t
on the romney spending alan says, okay romney was paying out $20 million like a drunken sailor and alan west spent 2 million alone to revalidate his cam paper. if they could afford to blow that kind of money. >> that's true, they don't need tax breaks. certainly not the bush tax breaks. very good. you see, it all as together. ds together. julie mason from podus xm. on the top of the next hour. >> the bill press"the bill press show." >> good morning, lisa. take it...
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are they going to switch now to mitt romney? are they going to embrace romney? >> rick santorum said he would do anything -- >> bill: he didn't. >> i didn't say his name once when he said he was going to leave the race. i don't think it will be a natural switch. from what i've heard among conservatives, there is still a little wariness about mitt romney and where he stands on some social issues when you have a guy like rick santorum who is so far right self-professing and socially conservative. you have the massachusetts moderate label that's kind of followed mitt romney around, it might not be a natural switch. i do think at the end of the day, social conservatives and all conservatives want to see barack obama be a one-term president. i would expect them to make the move, though not as quickly as the romney camp would like. >> bill: one thing this surprised me about santorum was after saying that and getting into that little tassel with "the new york times" but after saying mitt romney was the worst person in the country to run for republicans, to put up again
are they going to switch now to mitt romney? are they going to embrace romney? >> rick santorum said he would do anything -- >> bill: he didn't. >> i didn't say his name once when he said he was going to leave the race. i don't think it will be a natural switch. from what i've heard among conservatives, there is still a little wariness about mitt romney and where he stands on some social issues when you have a guy like rick santorum who is so far right self-professing and...
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god, romney. and then he gives this interview with brian williams where he asks do you think the brits are off to pulling off the olympics. >> do they look ready to your experienced eye. >> it's hard to know just how well it will turn out. there were a few things disconcerting about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials -- >> oh, this is great. this is great. go to england and dump all over the brits. go there for the olympics and say it looks like it is going to be a total bust. it's hard to say how it will turn out. he didn't make any friends among the brits. >> if you go through all of his mistakes yesterday he is george w. bush. >> no, bush was smooth compared to romney. so i tell you the prime minister really shot back at romney. and basically said you yahoo, what do you know. it's easier -- well let david cameron say it. >> we are holding an olympic games in one of the busiest most active bustling cities anywhere in t
god, romney. and then he gives this interview with brian williams where he asks do you think the brits are off to pulling off the olympics. >> do they look ready to your experienced eye. >> it's hard to know just how well it will turn out. there were a few things disconcerting about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials -- >> oh, this is great. this is great. go to england and dump all over the brits....
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mitt romney continues to dodge and weave. he got a little closer to saying his view yesterday. >> some have asked if i will let stand the president's executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the president's temporary measure. >> what's he going to do? um, um um. he didn't say. >> er er. >> mitt romney again, nice nowery, i am going to do something but he doesn't provide any details whatsoever. no details about immigration, no details about what he is going to do about afghanistan, about what parts of the budget he will cut. it's just a complete blank slate. anyway, just a rant. by the way, speaking of rants, nancy pelosi, democratic leader in the house had a pretty interesting explanation for why she thinks the republicans are now pursuing a contempt of congress charge against attorney general eric holder. >> it is no accident. it is no coincidence that the attorney general of the united states is the person responsible for making sure that voter suppres
mitt romney continues to dodge and weave. he got a little closer to saying his view yesterday. >> some have asked if i will let stand the president's executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the president's temporary measure. >> what's he going to do? um, um um. he didn't say. >> er er. >> mitt romney again, nice nowery, i am going to do something but he doesn't provide any details whatsoever. no...
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governor romney talking to his base about the race and why he thinks he lost. >> romney: president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give an extraordinary financial gifts from the government and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. and that strategy worked. >> john: okay, extraordinary financial gifts like tax cuts to the billion avers aren't -- like tax cuts to billionaires aren't. he is calling obamacarefree stuff. am i wrong about anything i said? >> it is obamacare and it is also the dream act. what the president signed. it is also going to be -- coming out in support of gay marriage. all of those things. >> john: supports the american dream itself. free stuff. it has to come from somewhere. it is coming from tax revenues offen from the rich. that's the republican ideology. then you had bobby jindal 12 hours, 13 hours after the fact saying something along the lines of -- twice actually in the republican government association press conference in las vegas rejecting the gifts saying that's not why we lost. these are the people we n
governor romney talking to his base about the race and why he thinks he lost. >> romney: president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give an extraordinary financial gifts from the government and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. and that strategy worked. >> john: okay, extraordinary financial gifts like tax cuts to the billion avers aren't -- like tax cuts to billionaires aren't. he is calling obamacarefree stuff. am i wrong about...
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the name mitt romney. but the other thing that impressed me was he went out of his way to talk about education and praise teachers. there is a contrast with chris christie. >> you had last night, between michelle obama's amazing -- remarkable speech and then julian castro and his brother and duval patrick and martin o'malley and ted strictland, you saw the difference between the democratic party and the republican party these days in full release. you saw a party that was focused last night on connecting people's values to the actions of government. the calls actually drive the action versus what you heard from the republicans was anger anger, anger anger; that the world is not the world of the 50s. it isn't. we wish it was. and actually the 50s wasn't so great for a lot of people. >> bill: right. >> so you saw itself values start connecting that's ultimately what made america the country it is right now, and so between julian castro and michelle obama that's what you saw, and you saw it without the anger
the name mitt romney. but the other thing that impressed me was he went out of his way to talk about education and praise teachers. there is a contrast with chris christie. >> you had last night, between michelle obama's amazing -- remarkable speech and then julian castro and his brother and duval patrick and martin o'malley and ted strictland, you saw the difference between the democratic party and the republican party these days in full release. you saw a party that was focused last...